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- Bengtsson-Tops, A, et al.
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Subjective versus interviewer assessment of global quality of life among persons with schizophrenia living in the community: A Nordic multicentre study
- 2005
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Ingår i: Quality of Life Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1573-2649 .- 0962-9343. ; 14:1, s. 221-229
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Few studies have investigated differences between subjective and externally assessed quality of life in individuals with a severe mental illness. In a sample of 387 patients with schizophrenia living in the community the present study investigated the association between subjective and interviewer-rated quality of life, clinical and sociodemographic factors related to the two assessments, and if discrepancies in the assessments were related to any clinical or social features of the patients. Method: The study was a Nordic multicentre study with a cross-sectional design. Instruments used were the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile, the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, the Interview Schedule for Social Interaction, Camberwell Assessment of Needs and General Assessment of Functioning. Results: The correlation between subjective and interviewer-rated quality of life was moderate (ICC=0.33). More severe affective symptoms, fewer emotional relations and a lower monthly income were related to poorer subjectively rated quality of life but in a stepwise multiple regression analysis accounted for only 14.1 of the variance. Poorer interviewer-rated quality of life was mainly related to a more severe psychopathology but also to a lower monthly income, fewer emotional relations and not being employed. Together these factors accounted for 45.5 of the variance. A greater discrepancy between the subjective and the interviewer rating was found in patients with less affective symptoms, unemployment, and a better social network. Conclusion: Only a moderate correlation between subjective and interviewer-assessed global quality of life was found, implying that the sources of assessment differed, as was also shown in subsequent regression models. It is concluded that both perspectives on the patient's quality of life may be valuable for treatment planning, especially in cases where differences in quality of life assessment related to the patient's psychopathology may be expected.
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- Aldén, Liselotte, et al.
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Nedmontering av vindkraftverk och efterbehandling av platsen
- 2014
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Dennarapport haranalyseratoch jämförtlagar, historia och tillstånd om nedmontering och dess kostnader samtolika alternativ för borttagandet och efterbehandlingav plats iSverigeoch i andra länder.Lagar och regelverk om nedmonteringundersöktes för land-och havsbaserad vindkraft i flera länder. Särskild uppmärksamhet har ägnats åt krav på ekonomisk säkerhet för efterbehandlingoch nedmontering i dessa länder. Ingen av de granskade länderna hade exakt samma krav, men det fanns likheter i vem som bestämde kraven och om en ekonomisk säkerhet föreskrivs.Rapporten har undersöktvindkraftsavvecklingeniSverigeochDanmarkochenkostnadsstudieav nedmonteringar iSverige, DanmarkochUSAhar genomförts. Kostnadsstudienbehandlarolikamoment vidnedmontering och efterbehandlingsamt olika grader av efterbehandling. Studiens resultattyder på attvindkraftverkens installerade effekt, lokaliseringochgradavefterbehandlingharstörst påverkanpåden totala kostnaden förnedmontering och efterbehandling.Hanteringen av vindkraftverk efter nedmontering och alternativ för borttagande av vindkrafts-komponenterna har granskats. Idag finns tre alternativ för vindkraftverk efter nedmontering: renovering, återförsäljning eller återvinning. Renovering av komponenterna i ett vindkraftverk kan potentiellt förlänga deras livslängd, men kan begränsas av eventuella kostnader, tillförlitlighet och tillgänglighet. Återförsäljning av vindkraftverk för fortsatt användning är ett realistiskt alternativ men det krävs att det finns en efterfrågan. Återvinningsvärdet är beroende på storlek och typ av skrot och aktuellametallpriser. För övrigt kan vissa komponenter inte återvinnas på ett ekonomiskt försvarbart sätt i dag, främst rotorbladen.Kravenpå ekonomisk säkerhet för efterbehandlingochnedmonteringitillstånds-och anmälningsärendeniSverigeunder åren 2010-2012har undersökts. I nästanalla tillståndsbeslutkrävsen ekonomisksäkerhet för nedmontering och efterbehandling. Storleken på säkerhet varierade stort, menett specifikt säkerhetsbelopppå 300000 kronoranvändesiettstortantaltillstånd. Kraven på efterbehandlingsgraditillståndsbeslutenvaroftastallmänt formulerade ochnästansamtliga var delegerade till tillsynsmyndighetenatt fastställaden slutligaefterbehandlingsgraden. Majoriteten avbesluteni anmälningsärendeninnehöllliknande återställningskravsom itillståndsbesluten,menenligt lagkan deinteinnehållaenekonomisk säkerhetpå samma sätt som för tillståndspliktiga vindkraftverk.Enjämförelse av antalet vindkraftverk med tillstånds-och anmälningsbeslutefterlagändringen2009har utförtsmen eftersom data inte var tillförlitligahar ingen trendellerprognospresenterats. Rapporten avslutasmed att konstatera att det är en stor variation påregler och kravide studerade länderna. Slutsatsennoteraräven de specifikaresultatenfrånfallstudien ochfrån granskningenavtillstånds-ochanmälningsbesluten. Resultatenjämförs ochtvåområden har identifieratsför framtidafördjupaddiskussion, nämligenstorleken på ekonomisk säkerhetochnär ochvem som skabestämma graden av efterbehandling.
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- Amer, Ahmed, 1984-
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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of two questionnaires for the assessment of occupational performance in children with disability : Children's Hand-use Experience Questionnaire (CHEQ) and Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI)
- 2021
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Globally, 93–150 million children live with some form of disability, most of them live in developing countries. Occupational performance describes a person’s ability to execute tasks that are meaningful, in the context in which the person lives. The Children’s Hand-use Experience Questionnaire (CHEQ) and the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) are measurement tools developed to measure different aspects of occupational performance. However, before using these tools in another cultural context, evidence of validity in that context should be established.The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the evidence of validity for CHEQ and the Uganda version of PEDI (PEDI-UG).Study I established the validity of revised CHEQ 1.0 for children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). The study suggested improvements and inclusion of younger children. This led to the development of CHEQ 2.0, which was culturally adapted and validated for Jordan in Study II. Study III indicated that PEDI-UG had good psychometric properties when tested on typically developing children, and it suggested improvements and further analysis in children with disability. Therefore, study IV investigated the psychometric properties on Ugandan children with CP and confirmed the instrument’s validity. However, the differential item functioning analysis comparing children with CP and typically developing children, and the developmental trajectories for both groups, suggested that a separate conversion table should be used to transform the total sum score from raw scores to a 0–100 scaled score. This thesis shows the importance of cultural adaptations and psychometric validation of measurement tools before they can be used in new cultural contexts. The Arabic CHEQ 2.0and PEDI-UG can be used in the evaluation of rehabilitation interventions and will help to fill the need for measurement tools in these countries.
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- Björk, Per, et al.
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Conjugated polythiophene probes target lysosome-related acidic vacuoles in cultured primary cells
- 2007
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Ingår i: Molecular and Cellular Probes. - : Elsevier BV. - 0890-8508. ; 21:5-6, s. 329-337
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Conformation-sensitive optical probes for studying biological processes and structures are of great interest. The present work shows for the first time that conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE) probes can be used for specific targeting of chromatin, nuclear and cytoplasmatic vesicles, and cytoskeletal components in a complex system of cultured cells. One of the probes could also be used for vital staining of live cells. When bound to different entities, the polythiophene derivative probes emitted light with different colors due to the unique spectral properties of these conformation sensitive probes. The physical pre-requisites for binding could also be exploited for characterization of the target. Unexpectedly, lysosome-related acidic vacuoles were targeted in cultured primary cells by both anionic, cationic, and zwitter-ionic polythiophene derivatives. Pre-treatment with Bafilomycin A1, a specific inhibitor of vacuolar-type H+-ATPase, caused redistribution of the staining. The targeting of lysosome-related acidic vesicles could not be demonstrated in transformed cells (melanoma, neuroblastoma, and prostate cancer cell lines), indicating a difference in the localization, structure, accessibility, or quantity of the target in cultured normal cells as compared with the malignant cell lines. The chemical nature of the conjugated polyelectrolyte complex in the cytoplasmatic vacuoles remains elusive.
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- Dencker, Anna, 1956, et al.
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Measuring women's experiences of decision-making and aspects of midwifery support: a confirmatory factor analysis of the revised Childbirth Experience Questionnaire
- 2020
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Ingår i: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-2393. ; 20:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BackgroundWomen's experiences of labour and birth can have both short- and long-term effects on their physical and psychological health. The original Swedish version of the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) has shown to have good psychometric quality and ability to differentiate between groups known to differ in childbirth experience. Two subscales were revised in order to include new items with more relevant content about decision-making and aspects of midwifery support. The aim of the study was to develop new items in two subscales and to test construct validity and reliability of the revised version of CEQ, called CEQ2.MethodA total of 11 new items (Professional Support and Participation) and 14 original items from the first CEQ (Own capacity and Perceived safety), were answered by 682 women with spontaneous onset of labour. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to analyse model fit.ResultsThe hypothesised four-factor model showed good fit (CMIN=2.79; RMR=0.33; GFI=0.94; CFI=0.94; TLI=0.93; RMSEA=0.054 and PCLOSE=0.12) Cronbach's alpha was good for all subscales (0.82, 0.83, 0.76 and 0.73) and for the total scale (0.91).ConclusionsCEQ2, like the first CEQ, yields four important aspects of experience during labour and birth showing good psychometric performance, including decision-making and aspects of midwifery support, in both primiparous and multiparous women.
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- Frisk, Liselotte, 1959-, et al.
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Guds nya barnbarn : Att växa upp i kontroversiella religiösa grupper
- 2017
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Hur är det att vara barn och växa upp i en religiös minoritetsgrupp som Hare Krishna, Scientologi-kyrkan, Jehovas Vittnen, Knutby Filadelfia, Plymouth-bröderna, Enighetskyrkan eller Guds Barn/Familjen? Boken bygger framför allt på ett 70-tal intervjuer med såväl vuxna som barn som vuxit upp i dessa grupper, samt på intervjuer med ett 20-tal föräldrar, men också på fältobservationer och textstudier av gruppernas material kring barn och barnuppfostran. Livsvillkoren för barnen kan vara mycket olika, bland annat för att de olika religiösa grupperna har olika ideologier och syn på barnuppfostran, men också på individuella omständigheter inom olika familjer, fas i gruppens utveckling samt samhällets gensvar och reaktioner på gruppen ifråga. Boken diskuterar teman som socialisation, identitet, avhopp och skolgång, men tar också upp farhågor kring dessa grupper som auktoritär uppfostran, aga, isolering från samhället, separationer mellan föräldrar och barn, och bristande omsorg vad gäller mat och hälsa. Författare är professor i religionsvetenskap Liselotte Frisk, Högskolan Dalarna, fil. dr Peter Åkerbäck, Stockholms Universitet, och doktorand Sanja Nilsson, Högskolan Dalarna och Göteborgs universitet.
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- Frisk, Liselotte, 1959-, et al.
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The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in Sweden : Child Rearing and Schooling
- 2021
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Ingår i: The Journal of CESNUR. - : CESNUR. - 2532-2990. ; 5:2, s. 135-160
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The authors have published another article, based on the same empirical material (Frisk and Nilsson 2018). This article will give an in-depth “thick description” of child rearing and schooling in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in Sweden. The first part of the article is based on interviews with children and young people in the group conducted in 2014 and 2015, and focuses on Brethren identity and socialization. The second part of the article discusses the Labora School, a nonconfessional free school which was established by a group of Brethren parents and business owners in 2007. This part of the article also reflects the public debate about confessional and non-confessional free schools in Sweden. The Labora school has been criticized by both the Swedish Schools Inspectorate and the media. This section of the article is based mainly on official school inspection documents and media material. Since writing this article, the Labora School changed its name in 2019, to One School Global Nyby Campus, and is affiliated to One School Global, the Brethren schools worldwide (One School Global 2020). The third part of the article deals with parents’ and children’s experiences of the school, again using interview material.
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